The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2142
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2709
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.55° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.16° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.